Friday, September 3, 2010

You’ll probably be just as surprised as I was to learn that csn stores contacted LITTLE OLD ME to do a review for them! I know, right? I’m just getting flattered all over the place here.

Well, I jumped on that csn bandwagon, and since I’ve been hearing so much about them from everyone out there, I was pretty excited to get my gift card.

For my review, I was given a $40 gift card to do with what I would. Whoa. And here’s a little tutorial of the process for you:

First, I had to make a decision. And this was the only hard part to the whole transaction. Have you seen csnstores.com? Probably. But if not, go there. You’ll be awed by the sheer vastness of it all. It’s incredible. And picking just one or two things is a daunting task for even the most decisive of people, which I am NOT. Look at some of the goodies I’ve now added to my wishlist:

Both mr and I agreed that the simplicity of it was right for our home.

These two steps were really fun and easy. The site is categorized and has a lot of different search options with parameters you can narrow to find exactly what you need.

Next, I needed to use the gift certificate code to check out. Went like a breeze. No surveys to take, no huge long-winded pages to fill out, just punch it in, put in your billing address and go. Ahhhhh. Nice.

And then came: The Waiting Game. If you’re like me, this is usually the hardest part. It’s like a kid waiting for Christmas. I hunkered down and dreamed beautiful dreams of a lovely pot free cupboard and a stylish rack hanging over my head... which were rudely interrupted by the doorbell. Already??? Yes, really.

The very same week I purchased the pot rack it arrived from the manufacturer. I think it was a total of maybe 3 days? I’m not sure, it was so fast, I couldn’t keep track.

Now, the installation. In my opinion, the installation was a breeze. We put it up the day after we got it, and by we I mean mr, of course.

It seemed really straight forward, but that’s coming from the person with feet planted firmly on the ground. The rack came with clear instructions and everything we needed (minus the drill). The hardest part was getting it squared with the walls. And making sure to catch the beams, because who wants a pot rack falling on their head?

I was so excited, I proceeded to the next step right away. I hung my pots.

Beautiful. And it didn’t crash to the floor! Look, my pan is sparkly!

And the final step? Purchasing a pretty new colander you don’t mind displaying to replace the ugly plastic one.

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